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$1,585,324,926

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Customs and Border Protection

to BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED

justiceactive
WORK BEGAN2026-04-24·LATEST ACTION2026-04-24·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B01C26F00000292_7014_70B01C26D00000006_7014
Award description

BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR EL PASO SECTOR - EPT-5

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Construction of border wall infrastructure in El Paso sector under CBP management through August 2028.

Sub-sectors
immigration-enforcementborder-securitycbp-infrastructure
Why this matters

Part of ongoing U.S. southern border security infrastructure expansion; represents sustained federal commitment to physical barrier construction.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for construction materials, heavy equipment, and labor in Southwest region; supports regional construction supply chains.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002622.

Period of performance
Start
2026-04-24
End
2028-08-31
Status
activein 793 days
Sources

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